PTC has the stigma of base housing and all of those golf carts, but there is a reason so many Delter Pilots live there. Schools are good, great community activities, decent lake for boating in the city limits, golf carts, decent shopping for momma, small town atmosphere, and none of the typical ATL city stuff. PTC is built up for the most part, but there seems to be a decent amount of houses below 250K in the area.

Newnan and more specifically Summergrove or White Oak tend to be the top choice on that side of town. Schools are decent, more good eating and shopping, Historic Newnan has a small Savannah feel, decent neighbors and many many pilots.
Newnan is in the middle of building out a outdoor type mall that by the time it is done in a few years is rumored to have a Trader Joe's or a Whole Foods, Decent Gym, and every type of store you can want. They have a many chain restaurants and some organic ones as well. Mama Lucias tend to have the best wine list and some of the best Italian food this side of ATL.

It was my impression that they were very matter of fact about this AE when they talked at the bases. Should be out in a week and a half or so.

LL,

Good on you. I think you will like either PTC or F'ville. Lots of subdivisions in between. Deltoids are loved in both until you try to get into politics. Great area to raise kids.

ACL gave a good detailed explanation. Welcome.

More MD90's for Delta?
 

Aug 26 (Reuters) - Scandinavian carrier SAS (SAS.ST) said on Thursday it had signed a deal to lease its entire fleet of MD-90 aircraft to an unidentified U.S. airline.
SAS, half-owned by the governments of Sweden, Denmark and Norway, said in a statement the eight aircraft would be delivered in a period from the third quarter of this year to the end of the second quarter of 2011.
"The MD-90 has, in terms of number of aircraft, been a niche aircraft in the SAS Group fleet and this transaction fits very well in to the SAS initiative to simplify and standardize its fleet and thereby reduce the number of aircraft types used in its total fleet," it said.
The MD-90 is made by McDonnell Douglas, part of Boeing (BA.N).

Wouldn't these be aircraft we weren't planning on? I thought we were getting China Eastern and Hello aircraft only

These are some of the ones we were working on.

We are leasing these, but didn't we BUY the Hello and China Eastern? Any more words on the Saudi 90s

Yes! Yes! More airplanes!! Bwahahahaha!! :D

Yeah....We got Al Franken in MN...I don't know which is worse! :o

http://sitelife.aviationweek.com/ver...a859.Small.jpg Despite Recent Numbers, 2011 Uncertain for Airlines
Posted by Madhu Unnikrishnan at 8/24/2010 1:45 PM CDT

Aviation Week Commentary


Recent airline industry financial indicators recall a quotation often attributed to 19th-century British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli: "There are lies, damned lies, and statistics." Throughout 2010, year-over-year passenger traffic and revenue numbers suggest the industry is seeing strong results so far this year, although the reality may be a bit more complicated. In June, the number of passengers on premium seats worldwide grew an astounding 16.6% over the same month last year, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). More eye-popping are these numbers from the same report: Premium revenue for June was up 40% compared with June 2009, and traffic on economy seats was up almost 10%. But a look beneath these numbers reveals a disturbing truth. Year-over-year numbers in 2010 show remarkable growth given the state of the industry in 2009; however, they were still far below 2008 figures. "We're coming up to a period when [comparisons] get tough," says William Swelbar, an economist in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology aeronautics and astronautics department.Compared with April 2008, the peak month before the bottom fell out of the global economy, the picture is decidedly less rosy. Premium traffic in June was 13% below the peak, while economy traffic was flat. Premium revenues in June were 25% off April 2008, and economy fares down 12%, says IATA chief economist Brian Pearce. Annualized, premium traffic this year grew by 9% and economy traffic by 6%, says Pearce. That is an unalloyed positive, but not the double-digit growth rates that year-over-year numbers suggest. Given that industry revenues and traffic correlate with macro economic indicators, is even this modest growth sustainable? Perhaps.As consumer confidence numbers fall, leisure travelers are more likely to put off trips, and economy traffic increasingly is driven by business travelers opting for cheaper fares. World trade and business confidence are continuing to grow, but not at as torrid a pace as earlier this year. Even if these trends continue, premium traffic could continue to grow by 6% into next year, says Pearce.
The economic meltdown forced the industry to restructure and reduce capacity. This bodes well for continuing modest growth, says Swelbar. "My real concern is whether capacity discipline will continue to hold."

Indeed, although airlines are being cautious, Morgan Stanley analyst William Greene notes that capacity is growing everywhere. In the U.S., Southwest Airlines is showing "restraint," but Virgin America and JetBlue Airways are adding capacity "aggressively," says Swelbar. Emirates is one of a handful of airlines worldwide with a huge amount of capacity on order, says George Hamlin, president of Hamlin Transportation Consulting. "Once that capacity is installed, they have to do something with it."

Next year remains risky for the airlines. The global economy could tank, or airlines could play the capacity game wrong, or both. "In short, nobody knows," says Hamlin.